SHIP TRAFFIC CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100033363A1
• Filed: 06/02/2009
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Seoung Hyeon, Lee, Hyung Kyu, Chung, Kyo Il, Kim, Do-Woo, Han, Jong-Wook
• Application Number:
  US12/476,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20100033363A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/41
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2205/002 for traffic control, mobile tracking, guidance, surveillance or anti-collision
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 3/02 Anti-collision systems

Abstract

A ship traffic control apparatus includes a location recognizer for measuring a location coordinate of a ship by using a satellite location-based service; a ship identifier/location coordinate manager for storing the location coordinate as coordinate information corresponding to a ship identifier; an accident processing unit for providing an accident information when an accident occurs; and an operation controller for forming location information by mapping between the coordinate information and navigation information, transmitting the location information to other ships or a control system in a prescribed cycle through a radio communication unit, and transmitting accident occurrence information including the accident information and the location information to other ships or the control system.

Claims

1. A ship traffic control apparatus comprising:

a location recognizer for measuring a location coordinate of a ship by using a satellite location-based service;

a ship identifier/location coordinate manager for storing the location coordinate as coordinate information corresponding to a ship identifier;

an accident processing unit for providing an accident information when an accident occurs; and

an operation controller for forming location information by mapping between the coordinate information and navigation information, transmitting the location information to other ships or a control system in a prescribed cycle through a radio communication unit, and transmitting accident occurrence information including the accident information and the location information to other ships or the control system.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a navigation information database storing and managing the navigation information as a database, wherein the navigation information includes the location information or the accident information.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit for displaying the location information or the accident occurrence information as video data under control of the operation control unit.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coordinate information includes a ship type, a ship size, proprietary, a ship ID, and the location coordinate.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the location information is formed by mapping between the coordinate information and the navigation information including a navigation chart and a canal map.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the accident occurrence information is formed on the basis of the location information and the accident information, wherein the accident information includes a type of the accident, an occurrence time of the accident, a level of the accident, and measures for other ships against the accident.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the radio communication unit is any one of a broad-band radio communication module and a VHF radio communication module.

8. A ship traffic control method comprising:

measuring a location coordinate of a ship in a prescribed cycle;

mapping the measured location coordinate to a ship identifier to form coordinate information;

mapping the coordinate information to navigation information to form location information of the ship; and

broadcasting the location information to other ships or a control system in a prescribed cycle through a radio communication unit.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

checking whether an accident occurs while the location information is being broadcasted in the prescribed cycle;

if the accident occurs, forming accident occurrence information including accident information related to the accident and the location information; and

broadcasting the accident occurrence information to other ships or the control system through the radio communication unit.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving location information or accident occurrence information broadcasted from other ships or the control system in the prescribed cycle; and

storing and managing the location information or the accident occurrence information from other ships or the control system.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the location information is formed on the basis of the location information including a ship type, a ship size, proprietary, a ship ID, and the location coordinate, and the navigation information including a navigation chart and a canal map.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the accident occurrence information is formed on the basis of the location information and the accident information including a type of the accident, an occurrence time of the accident, a level of the accident, and measures for other ships against the accident.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the radio communication unit is any one of a broad-band radio communication module and a VHF radio communication module.